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Game review: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

By Ian Knott

6:00 AM Thursday Feb 23, 2012

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For those RPG fans who may be tiring of Bethesda's epic Skyrim, or even finished it (has anybody actually finished Skyrim?), a bold new RPG from Big Huge Games and EA could well be the fix you are looking for.

Gamers start their journey when they miraculously rise from the dead, wielding dangerous new magic that's capable of changing the very Fate of Amalur. Thrust into a brutal war between multiple races, factions, and alliances, players vie for the secrets of their immortality and the ancient evil that threatens the world.

Despite having a compelling storyline and an enviable combat system, Reckoning comes across as a copy-and-paste or a mash-up of other RPG titles and has frustrations that may put purists off - but so does Skyrim. However, this is well worth a look and gets much better than the dull first level on display in the demo.